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  • adjective Alternative spelling of copacetic.

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  • adjective completely satisfactory

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Examples

  • Thu 10 Feb 05 20: 43 has anyone traced the word copasetic to a definite source before Mr. Bojangles?

    The WELL: West L.A. Fadeaway Robert Hunter 2006

  • And that led me to learn that some people credited him with popularizing "copasetic" and that led me to a wikipedia entry that says copasetic was first used in 1919.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • "copasetic" [used so nicely in "West L.A. Fadeaway"] -- and such stunts as dancing down Broadway in 1939 from Columbus Circle to 44th Street in celebration of his sixty-first birthday.

    The Annotated "Alabama Getaway" Robert Hunter 1979

  • Thoughtful answers are copasetic, though ribald, eccentric, absurd responses earn magical brownie points.

    Least fave interview question marshallpayne1 2009

  • But, Madsen added, "There are no philosophers" in Onkalo, where all seems copasetic, thanks to the visual grace that informs the photography of humans at work; you feel Madsen's recognition of an inherent dignity, and the occasional ghosting effect serves the film's letter-to-a-future-generation motif well.

    Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011

  • But, Madsen added, "There are no philosophers" in Onkalo, where all seems copasetic, thanks to the visual grace that informs the photography of humans at work; you feel Madsen's recognition of an inherent dignity, and the occasional ghosting effect serves the film's letter-to-a-future-generation motif well.

    Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011

  • Of course, why wouldn't they take advantage of this system, if all of the countries involved agree that it is copasetic?

    Nicole Tichon: In The Public Interest : Why Do We Let Companies Abandon Ship on Taxes? 2010

  • So imagine my shock when THE DAY BEFORE, like THE LAST NIGHT I was copasetic to smoke, my friggen 'girlfriend up and dumped me!

    Dear Mr. Cigarette 2010

  • As long as he's going after McSame and Hillary isn't attacking him, everything's copasetic.

    Obama Won't Declare Victory Tomorrow Night 2009

  • If you're taking money you have to act in a manner that's copasetic with the Constitution.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Performers' First Amendment rights of expression 2009

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  • This is perhaps my father's favorite word...

    September 12, 2007

  • And one of my least favorite words--no offense to Papa Trivet, of course.

    September 12, 2007

  • A variant of copacetic.

    September 13, 2007

  • I never said I liked it - no matter how it is spelled.

    September 13, 2007

  • The two different spellings each have around 200,000 hits, with this one in a slight lead.

    September 13, 2007

  • Fight!

    September 13, 2007

  • Oh wait--I'll go tell the world I don't like it on the alternative spelling page....

    September 13, 2007